linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] crypto: ecdh - Pass private key in proper byte order to check valid key

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Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2024 13:23:35 -0400
From: Stefan Berger <stefanb@...ux.ibm.com>
To: linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org, herbert@...dor.apana.org.au,
        davem@...emloft.net
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, jarkko@...nel.org, ardb@...nel.org,
        git@...sn.com, hkario@...hat.com, simo@...hat.com,
        Salvatore Benedetto <salvatore.benedetto@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] crypto: ecdh - Pass private key in proper byte
 order to check valid key



On 4/18/24 11:24, Stefan Berger wrote:
> ecc_is_key_valid expects a key with the most significant digit in the last
> entry of the digit array. Currently ecdh_set_secret passes a reversed key
> to ecc_is_key_valid that then passes the rather simple test checking
> whether the private key is in range [2, n-3]. For all current ecdh-
> supported curves (NIST P192/256/384) the 'n' parameter is a rather large
> number, therefore easily passing this test.
> 
> Throughout the ecdh and ecc codebase the variable 'priv' is used for a
> private_key holding the bytes in proper byte order. Therefore, introduce
> priv in ecdh_set_secret and copy the bytes from ctx->private_key into
> priv in proper byte order by using ecc_swap_digits. Pass priv to
> ecc_is_valid_key.
> 

Fixes: 3c4b23901a0c ("crypto: ecdh - Add ECDH software support")

> Cc: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>
> Cc: Salvatore Benedetto <salvatore.benedetto@...el.com>
> Signed-off-by: Stefan Berger <stefanb@...ux.ibm.com>
> Acked-by: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@...nel.org>
> ---
>   crypto/ecdh.c | 11 ++++++++---
>   1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/crypto/ecdh.c b/crypto/ecdh.c
> index 3049f147e011..c02c9a2b9682 100644
> --- a/crypto/ecdh.c
> +++ b/crypto/ecdh.c
> @@ -27,7 +27,9 @@ static int ecdh_set_secret(struct crypto_kpp *tfm, const void *buf,
>   			   unsigned int len)
>   {
>   	struct ecdh_ctx *ctx = ecdh_get_ctx(tfm);
> +	u64 priv[ECC_MAX_DIGITS];
>   	struct ecdh params;
> +	int ret = 0;
>   
>   	if (crypto_ecdh_decode_key(buf, len, &params) < 0 ||
>   	    params.key_size > sizeof(u64) * ctx->ndigits)
> @@ -40,13 +42,16 @@ static int ecdh_set_secret(struct crypto_kpp *tfm, const void *buf,
>   				       ctx->private_key);
>   
>   	memcpy(ctx->private_key, params.key, params.key_size);
> +	ecc_swap_digits(ctx->private_key, priv, ctx->ndigits);
>   
>   	if (ecc_is_key_valid(ctx->curve_id, ctx->ndigits,
> -			     ctx->private_key, params.key_size) < 0) {
> +			     priv, params.key_size) < 0) {
>   		memzero_explicit(ctx->private_key, params.key_size);
> -		return -EINVAL;
> +		ret = -EINVAL;
>   	}
> -	return 0;
> +	memzero_explicit(priv, sizeof(priv));
> +
> +	return ret;
>   }
>   
>   static int ecdh_compute_value(struct kpp_request *req)